Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-01-28
Do YOU LOVE YOUR WEEP
If so, TREAT HER As YOU
SHOULD.

II. N. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF
HAPPY HOMES. SOCIETY, CLUBS,
GAMBLING AND INTEMPERANCE
THE BRIGHT SIDE or THE
PICTURE.
From the Baltimore American, 2lth.l
The announcement that the pas.
tor, Rev. II. VI. Wharton, was to
preach 10 husbands yesterday morn.
ing had the effect of packing the
Brantly Baptist church to the doors.
Many were turned away, unable
even to obtain admittance. The
text was "Let the husband render
unto the wife her Dues lie said {:
"GOd made the first match and per-
formed the first ceremony, and Je.
sus Christ afterwards said TO a
proud Pharisee that God had made
them one IN interest, one in affec.
ton, and one in destiny, and He
added that what God had joined
together let no man put asunder.-
My friends, one OF the disturbing
causes in our homes is the ease in
which divorces can be obtained in
some of our states. The world
looks at the marriage contract and
says it can be set aside at mans
pleasure, but God looks upon it
as an eternal union. He says that
they are undivided halves. If the
woman is the better half, the man
is the biggest half. If she Is the
warmth and light of the home, he
is the fuel that keeps it in exist
ence. United they stand, divided
they fall. | don't want you to
think, brother, that as | look into
homes and life this morning that ]
do 1t as an intruder, but as a broth
er man, willing to speak a broth
erly word, and to give brotherly
counsel. The text says 'render m.
to your wife her dues That seems
a reasonable request. She ought
not to ask less, or You desire to do
less than to give her what is due
her. Have yOu paid your debts,
gentlemen ? Some Of You, it may
be, in this particular, have either
made an assignment or gone into
hopeless bankruptcy. What are
y0nr wife'S dues, and what did you
promise to pay? Well, you prom.
ised to take care finer. Have You
done itY | don't mean have you
furnished the money to clothe her
and provide the home only, but
have you looked after all her other
interests? Have you taken care Of
her? II the old father and mother
of your wife were to come from the
tomb this morning, would they ut
ter no reproaches for the manner
in which You have provided for the
one that You said you loved Often
to the reproach Of the husband,
has the needle been piled and the
midnight oil been burned because
the husband has neglected to take
care Of the one, who, in the pres.
ence of the mother and friends
around him, and the good God
above him, he said that he would
take care OF. Another thing that
is due her, is Your love. You prom
ised her that. lou told her before
marriage that yon loved her. !
know that there are marriages IN
which there is no love. A young
gentleman will ask, is she stylish 2
is she SMART elias she got any
money! Oh, brother,
DON'T MARRY HER UNLESS YOU
LOVE HER.
We live in fast times, everything
seems 10 move on the lightnlngs
wing, bnt if YOU take the rapid
transit road to matrimOny, see that
love is on board. Woman must
have love, give her that and she
will be happy under every Circnm.
stance. Gentlemen, don't love any
woman but your wife. She will be
sure to find it out, and you had bet
ter get in another country il she
does. Smiles. Let her have the
deepest and warmcst affection Of
your heart.
"Another thing due her is your
sympathy. We are are apt to look
lightly upon wOman's work, because
it doesn't bring in any money. We
are too much like the nowsbOy,
who said that his father worked at
a trade, his sister stood in a store.
his brothers sold papers, and all
did something 'cept mother, who
cot ND at foar o'clock in the morn
ing. got breakfast, worked in the
garden, cleaned the house and made
the clothes for the children, all
worked 'cept mother Oh, brother,
don't undervalue the household
work and cares OF your partner in
life. Give her what is so necessary
to her very existence your sym
pathy, Treat your wife, gentle
men, Just as politely and kindly as
yon do other mems wives. | have
seen man nearly break his neck
to pick up a handkerchief, that
some other mans wife had dropped,
who. when he is at home, would
sit quietly reading The newspaper,
when his wife was toiling mp the
steep stairway with a heavy coal
scuttle. Treat her az well as you
do other mems wives, and, at least,
as we'll as you did before marriage,
Rrother, have you paid your dues J
Have you paid them right along !
DO you give her the treatment, the
sympathy and tho love that Is her
right If you haven't in the past,
begin to-day. Turn over a new leaf
and let the fresh page record that
every debt shall no cancelled and
every obligation met. Some of you
who have lost your partners in life,
may envy others that have them by
their side, but | trust that you have
the sweet reflection as you stand by
their graves that you tried to pay
your dues and make happy her who
is sleeping so quietly beneath the
sod,
81 want to notice some things
that prevent the obligations being
met, some of
THE ENEMIES OF THE FAMILY CIR
Gle.
"Some Of the robbers that steal
away the happiness of the home;
Enthusiastically. | do not desire
to make any attack upon society;
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